Can we have an updated photo, then?
Hey, this trio of tuneful troubadours are invading the Kansas City area soon. So, I wanna know how the concert actually was. Good? So-so? I mean, yeah, I’d definitely go if Foreigner was on the bill, too, but I might be swayed if you thought the groups sounded somewhat close to what they did years before.
I’m all about 80s’ band reunions. 
Oh, and: I agree with Guinastasia.
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Direct TV had a Styx/Reo Freeview on recently. No Journey.
I quit shaving for several days, wore the same undershirt for the same amount of time, sat around in dirty underware with mah coonhound here in the double wide just to get in the proper mental state. I tried hard to live up to others expectations.
Anyway, it wasn’t bad. Of course the members of the bands had changed (Gary Richrath wasn’t the REO Guitar…if he was, he sure didn’t look the same) and of course the Styx linup has changed.
It was an almost Kum Ba Yah type of reunion…both bands played together at the end, played each others songs, that kind of stuff.
You could close your eyes and tell it was Styx and REO playing, so it passed that litmus test.
I was glad it wasn’t $24.95 or something…I wouldn’t have paid that for it. Hell, I could buy 3 boxes of shotgun shells for that kind of money!
OMG, you have DirecTV with your double-wide??? Who taught you how to operate it? And geesh, you have to know how to read to have one of those. Impressive.
Not too long ago, I went to an outdoor “event” that featured REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, and Peter Frampton.
It had a good mix of all sorts of people there.
REO headlined, so they were on last. Quite frankly, they were the least entertaining of the bunch.
Foreigner had all their originals (I’m pretty sure) plus a couple of new guys. They were alright. I was never impressed with their live performances even back in the day.
Frampton came alive. That man is quite a performer/musician and it shows.
Here in the OKC, we have quite a few places for concerts. The Zoo Amphitheatre, 2 different stadiums ( Cox Center and Ford Arena ) which are state of the art, and many night clubs of various sizes which host concerts. One of the nice things about outdoor events and clubs is the ability to move away from offensive people.
I have never run into any real problems at any concert. I go alot, and my tastes run from classic rock, to country, to R&B and jazz.
Sure, I see some people at these things who perpetuate certain stereotypes just by existing, but why should I get all upset about it? They are out there.
Just remember that for every living stereotype of WT, country folk, or Southerners that you see, there are probably about 100 or so “normals” that you never notice. The stereotypes just tend to stand out.
I’ve tried to discuss this on these boards before, but when someone wants to believe we’re all like that, they just do. And yes, it has made me mad. Which led to some heated exchanges. So now, instead of being quick to take offense at the “put downs,” I just tend to ignore such comments. The Lord* knows I’ve made my own generalizations that are not entirely correct. FYI: I’m a Texan living in OKC.
Looking back on this post, I seem to have rambled on a bit, no?
Oh well…
Bottom line: just enjoy the show.
*I named my cat The Lord.
FTR, I apologize for my previous rants in this regard.
Now get out there and kick some ass!
I’m not convinced that Mermaid, myself, Diane, and Ultress (I assume I am included) are “a bunch of catty bitches who feel like they need to deride others.” But then that’s a matter of opinion, and I understand we might disagree on this point.
The thing that slays me, the real head-scratcher here, is that the description of someone “cattily deriding others” came to mind way, way, way before those other “catty bitches” posted in here. I confess I had that feeling **when I was reading the OP. **
It’s almost as if you are proposing an inconsistent standard: cattiness in an OP is a laff riot, but cattiness in subsequent posts is conspiratorial, unreasonable, and immature.
So I’m working out in the gym today, right in the middle of a set of curls, and REO comes on. All I can think of is several yards of palpatating polka dotted spandex.
People at the gym look at you weird if in the middle of a set you start snorting then drop your weights.
Seriously. This guy stared at me for like a minute, trying to figure out why I was cracking up.
Hey, at least you haven’t had “Open Arms” stuck in your head all week.
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